Combination-tool.



PATENTED OCT. 9, 1906.

0. NIELSEN. GOMBINATION TOOL.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 6,1906.

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PATBNTED OCT. 9, 1906.

G. NIELSEN. COMBINATION TOOL.

APPLIUATION FILED mun 6,1906.

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COMBINATION-TOOL- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 9, 1906.

Application filed-Tune 6, 1906. Serial No. 320,424.

To all whom it may concern: I

Be it known that I, CHRISTIAN NIELSEN, a

subject of the King of Denmark, and a resident of Middletown, in the county of Middlesex and State of Connecticut, have invented a new and Improved Combination-Tool, of

' which the following is a full, clear, and exact struction and combination of the several parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, formin a part of this specification, in which simi ar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the 2 5 figures.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a tool arranged for use as a scriber, square, compass, and gage. .Fig. 2 is a sectional plan view of the tool when arranged as shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a transverse section taken practically on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a transverse section taken substantially on the line 4 4 of Fig. 1'. tive views of other adaptations of the tool, and Fig. 7 is a perspective view of a support for the scriber and which constitutes a portion of the tool when the arrangement is that shown in Fig. 6.

The body A of the tool is in the form of a bar having a fiat u per and lower face and a flat side face 10 an an opposing concaved or dished side face 11, as is best shown in Fig. 2. The said body-bar A,is also provided at what may be termed its rear end portion with a longitudinal slot 12, extending through from top to bottom and parallel with its fiat or plain side 10. The u per end of an arm 13 is passed through the sIot 12, and said portion of the arm 13 is rovided with a longitu dinal slot 14, throug which slot a set-screw 15 is passed, which set-screw likewise passes through the outer end portion of the bodvbar A. Thus the arm 13 may be adjusted at any desired angle relatively to the body-bar A and can be likewise adjusted vertically and Figs. 5 and 6 are perspec-' held in vertical position by the said set-screw 15. The lower end of the arm 13 is more or less concaved, so as to provide a point 14 at what may be termed the lower portion of its forward edge, as shown in Figs. 1 and 5, and this point 14 when used in connection with a scribing-bar 16 will serve the purpose of a compass or calipers. The scriber-bar 16 is passed down through an opening 17 in the body-bar A and is adjustably held by a setscrew 16. The said scriber-bar 16 is pro vided with a .head 18, having one end 19 pointed for scribing purposes, and its other end is slotted, so that it can be placed in guided relation to the blade 20, having a scale of inches thereon, which blade extends up from the upper face of the body-bar A at its forward end, as is shown in Figs. 1 and 5. This scaled blade 20, in connection with the body-bar A, forms a carpenters square and can be used in connection with the scriber 16 and the arm 13, as is shown in Fig. 5.

In connection with the elements which have just been described I employ an auxiliary horizontal scale-arm B, w ich is in two integral or connected sectionsnamely, a wide section 21 and a narrow section 23. At the junction of the two sections 21 and 23 the horizontal scale-arm B is attached to the forward end of the body-bar A by means of a screw 22 or its equivalent, so that the horizontal scale-arm B can be readily removed from engagement with the body-bar A, as is shown in Fig. 5, and differently employed, as shown in Fig. 6, to provide for every emergency.

The reduced section 23 of the horizontal. scale-arm B is provided with stop-pins 23 at its outer or free end, and on this reduced section 23 of the aforesaid horizontal scale-arm B a block 24 is mounted to slide, having points or spurs 25 formed at its side faces, the points or spurs being in transverse alinement, as is particularly shown in Fig. 3, so that the said block 24 may be utilized also for scribin purposes or as a gage when required. The said block 24 is held in adjusted IOO position on the horizontal scale-arm B by a set-screw 26 or the equivalent thereof.

A second gage-block 27 is mounted to slide on the wider section 21 of the horizontal scale-arm B, and this latter gage-block 27 is provided with a central section 28, (shown best in Fig. 4,) which extends loosely through a horizontal slot 29 in the said scale-arm sec- '1and2.

tion 21, so that said gage-block 27 has two operating-faces, one at each side of said scalearm B.

The block 27 is placed in position on the arm-section 21 before a closing-strip 30 is attached to the outer or free end portion of the said scale-arm section 21, as is shown in Figs. The inner section of the gage-block 27 is provided with upper and lower spurs 31, which may be used for scribing or which may be used as bearing-points, according to the work in hand, and the outer member or section of the gage-block 27, as shown best in Fig. 1, is provided with inclined faces 33 and 34, the bevels of which faces are difierent, so as to accommodate said portion of the gage-block to surfaces which are inclined or beveled, and the gage-block 27 is held in position on the scale-arm B by means of a suitable set-screw 32, having bearing against a When certain measurements are required or certain work is to be scribed or gaged, the scale-arm B is disconnected from the bodybar A, as is shown in Fig. 6, and is used in connection witha face-block 87*, which is provided with an opening 38, extending through from top to bottom for the passage of the body 16 of the scriber and the said face-block 37" is provided with a threaded aperture 41 in its outer face to receive the screw-22, passed through the horizontal gagearm B, and with lug 39, which extends through the slot 29 in the scale-arm B and receives the inner end of the adj usting-screw 35, which adjusting-screw is passed through a suitably-threaded opening in the gageblock 27. Thus it will be observed that when-the face-block 37 is employed the lug 39 takes the place of the lug 37, formed on the body-bar A.

This tool fulfils the purpose of a number 'of independent tools and occupies but little space in the tool-chest. In fact, it can be readily carried in the pocket, if so desired. simple in construction and capable of many adjustments and is well adapted for the pur-' poses intended.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. A tool consisting of a slotted body-bar having a fixed scaled blade at one end at right angles thereto, a scriber-bar passed through the body-bar, and an armadjustable It is in the body-bar, extending parallel with the scriber-bar and in an opposite direction to that of the scaled blade with reference to the body-bar.

2. A tool consisting of a slotted body-bar, a fixed scaled blade at one end of the said body-bar at right angles thereto, a scriberbar passed through and adj ustably held in the body-bar, an arm adjustable in the said bodybar, extending therefrom in a direction opposite to that of the scaled blade and parallel with the scriber-bar, said adjustable arm hav ing a pointed lower end, and the said scriberbar being provided with a head-section pointed at one end and having removable connection with the scaled blade at its opposite end.

3. In a tool, the combination with a bodybar, a fixed scaledblade secured-to one end of the body-bar and extending at right angles therefrom, a scriber-bar passed through and adjustably secured to the body-bar, and an arm adjustable in the slotted portion of the body-bar, extending therefrom in a reverse direction to the direction of the said blade but parallel with the scriber-bar, the said arm having a pointed lower end, of a horizontal scaled arm secured to the end of the body-bar at which the scaled blade is located, independent gage-blocks mounted to slide upon the said horizontal scaled arm, and means for holding the said gage-blocks in position on the said horizontal arm.

4. In a tool, the combination with a bodybar, afixed scaled blade secured to one end of the body-bar and extending at right angles therefrom, a scriber-bar passed through and adjustably secured to the body-bar, and an arm adjustable in the slotted portion of the body-bar, extending therefrom in a reverse direction to the direction of the said blade but parallel with the scriber-bar, said arm having a pointed lower end, of ahorizontal scaled arm secured to the end of the bodybar, the said scaled arm being in two sections, one wider than the other, a gage-block held to slide on the narrower section of the said arm, having spurs extending from opposite sides, a screw-shaft mounted to turn in the wider section of the said horizontal arm, and a second gage-block engaging with both sides of the wider section of said horizontal arm, which gage-block is operated by the said screw, the said latter gage-block having spurs extending from one side member, the opposite side member having inclined faces, and means for securing the two blocks independently in adjusted position.

5. A tool consisting of a support, a scriberbar adjustably held in said support-and extending through the same, a horizontal scaled arm securedto the said support, the said horizontal arm being in two sections, a wide and a narrow section, a gage-block mounted to slide on the narrowsection of said arm, a

screW mounted to turn in the Wider section In testimony whereof I have signed my of said arm, and a second gage-block opername to this specification in the presence of [o ated by the said scirewdand engagingvi lith optwo subscribing Witnesses.

posite faces 0 sai Wi er section of t e arm,

one outer face of the latter gage-block being CHRISTIAN NIELSEN provided with spurs and the opposing outer Witnesses:

portion of said gage-block having its upper MARY C. MURPHY,

end beveled. WINGATE C. HOWARD. 

